You are right in one regard, he would have been much better off in doing nothing. So would Massachusetts.
However he did do it, and is still proud of it DESPITE being a dismal failure.
So what does that tell us, and should tell you?
“However he did do it, and is still proud of it DESPITE being a dismal failure.
So what does that tell us, and should tell you?”
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I don’t know if he is proud of it. Maybe he is. I read the following on the CATO Institute website, from Jan 2008:
“Today, however, Romney seldom mentions his plan on the campaign trail. If pressed he maintains that he is “proud” of what he accomplished, while criticizing how the Democratic administration that succeeded him has implemented the program. Nevertheless, he now focuses on changing federal tax law in order to empower individuals to buy health insurance outside their employer, and on incentives for states to deregulate their insurance industry. He would also use block grants for both Medicaid and federal uncompensated care funds to encourage greater state innovation. He encourages states to experiment, but does not offer his own state as a model.”
Mitt’s been tagged a “flip-flopper.” There’s some truth to that. But I am a small business owner. Business owners are pragmatists. You try something to see if it works. If it does, great. If not...well, it could sink the business.
My take on Romney is that he has core conservative values but is also a pragmatic entrepreneur at heart. Sometimes the latter will cause him to lose sight of the former. He’s not the first though. At least with him we have some prospect for creative innovation and forward thinking. Rare commodities on our side of the isle these days.
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